SHOCKEY SCOFIELD SOLUTIONS SIGNS TWO:Engine Advocacy and the National Association of Broadcasters have both hired the S-3 Group. It’s NAB’s third hire in the past month, including a second firm to work on carriage issues. Shockey Scofield will also work on performance royalties for terrestrial radio stations for NAB. Engine Advocacy, a trade association for technology startups, is seeking help on immigration reform, patent reform and issues impacting business startups. Mike Ference, a former energy startup owner and senior policy advisor for Eric Cantor, will work on both accounts. John Scofield will also lobby for NAB.

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PATENT FIGHT A RARE LOBBYING WIN: With a little help from POLITICO’s Erin Mershon: The Innovation Act patent reform bill gets its moment in the sun today, with the full House expected to vote around midday on the measure aimed at curbing so-called patent trolls. Both the bill’s supporters and detractors seem to agree on one thing: it’s going to pass. Supporters hope that an overwhelming yes vote could give the bill momentum as the Senate prepares to take up companion legislation. The bill is a rare lobbying victory for a large swath of K Street in a year that has seen very few such victories. A broad coalition of diverse and seemingly unrelated industries and trade associations have coalesced around patent reform. More interestingly: Congress appears poised to act. Heavyweights who report lobbying on the patent troll fight include tech interests like Microsoft, Comcast and many others. Other trade associations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation, the National Restaurant Association, CTIA and others also report the issue on disclosure forms. Agriculture and pharmaceutical interests like PhRMA, BIO and Monsanto also report lobbying on the issue.

GOOD THURSDAY AFTERNOON where it’s been 68 years since Flight 19 disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. The flight of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers vanished without a trace during a navigation training flight on Dec. 5, 1945. A PBY Catalina flying boat sent in to locate the missing flight was also lost under unknown circumstances. Send your lobbying news, gossip, tips and scoops to btau@politico.com. And keep up with PI on Twitter by following @ ByronTau or @ PoliticoPI.

FATEMI GETS NIH AWARD:Cornerstone Government Affairs vice president Erik Fatemi has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s Award. The award recognizes men and women who exhibit superior performance or special efforts beyond their regular duty requirements. This represents the the first time it has been given to someone outside the NIH. The NIH notes Fatemi’s “exceptional and significant contributions to NIH in support of the agency’s mission and priorities. This was accomplished through wise counsel to the NIH director on a broad range of issues, including creation of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, support of the National Children’s Study, provision of long-term care for NIH-owned chimpanzees and assurance of critical flexibility in NIH’s budget and scientific programs.” Prior to joining Conerstone, Fatemi served as staff director of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, where he worked on funding and policy issues in the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. “This award proves exactly what we knew when we hired Erik,” Cornerstone President and Managing Partner Geoff Gonella said. “No one has a better reputation for working with NIH to help ease human suffering through biomedical research.”

EDELMAN HIRES TUNIS: PR giant Edelman announced Wednesday that Jeremy Tunis will join its Los Angeles public affairs practice as vice president. Tunis brings more than 12 years of experience spanning public policy advocacy, law, political campaigns, strategic planning and corporate relations. “Edelman’s Public Affairs practice has been a leading force in helping clients navigate a complex political and stakeholder environment, and Jeremy’s unique experience intersecting policy advocacy, public affairs and regulatory counseling will add significant value to our clients,” said Sara Jones, a managing director at Edelman. “With Jeremy‘s addition to our growing public affairs team in the West, we continue to expand our leadership bench to further invest in our practice and offerings.” He comes to Edelman from Burson-Marsteller.

TRADE GROUPS PUSH BACK ON PROPOSED WAGE HIKES: The International Franchise Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are out with research Thursday that they say highlights the consequences of raising the minimum wage. Those consequences include fewer jobs, reduced hours for workers and slower economic growth, according to the business groups. Their research also says that employers will make personnel decisions commensurate with the size of the increase in the minimum wage. Those personnel decisions would include less entry-level hiring, scaling back on training, raising prices, automating parts of the business and curtailing efforts to grow and expand. “Proponents of mandated living wages set at $15 an hour ignore the fact that this policy will jeopardize opportunities for entry-level workers to gain the skills they need to move up the employment ladder,” said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira in a statement. Liberal groups, labor organizations and others have been pushing higher wage battles at the state and local level. The D.C. Council recently voted unanimously to raise the city’s minimum wage to $11.50 — after narrowly rejecting a proposal earlier this year that would have only targeted large retailers like Walmart. The research is here: http://bit.ly/1ccXEko

USGLC NAMES SECURITY COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS: The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition has named former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe Admiral James Stavridis and former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command General Anthony Zinni as new co-chairs of its National Security Advisory Council. The NSAC is made up of nearly 150 retired three- and four-star generals and admirals, representing all five branches of the Armed Forces and backs what they call a “smart power” approach to American national security.

CRP HOSTS NONPROFIT PANEL: The Center for Responsive Politics will host a panel discussion on political nonprofits in the post-Citizens United, post-IRS scandal world. Panelists include Donald Tobin of Ohio State University, Peter Overby of NPR, Jan Baran of Wiley Rein, and Viveca Novak and Robert Maguire of the Center for Responsive Politics. The panel is on Friday, Dec. 6, 8:30-10:00 AM at the Faculty Conference Center of Burns Law Library at George Washington University.

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SAN FRANCISCO SUES EX-SUPERVISOR OVER LOBBYING: SFGate: “The city of San Francisco has sued former Supervisor Michael Yaki, accusing him of illegally lobbying on behalf of a company that makes an air system for firefighters. The lawsuit, filed by City Attorney Dennis Herrera in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Yaki had more than 70 instances of illegal contact with officials ranging from people on the mayor's staff to members of the Board of Supervisors. The contacts supposedly took place over more than a year's time.” More here: http://bit.ly/1cnWlCE

PATRIOT MAJORITY RAISES $23.7M: The liberal 501c4 nonprofit spent 46 times what it spent in 2011, according to CPI: http://bit.ly/1iD04BH

REMINDER: AVOID SLAVERY METAPHORS IN FUNDRAISING PITCHES: James Arkin: “A Michigan Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate said the government needs to be the ‘servant — not the master’ and that she is ready to ‘whip things into shape’ in a fundraising email sent Wednesday.” http://bit.ly/1bj0bfb